30+ Hidden macOS 10.13 High Sierra Features Apple Didn’t Tell You About

Here are 30+ hidden macOS 10.13 High Sierra features that Apple didn’t tell you about when announcing the new Mac operating system.

Apple did an extremely good job of introducing macOS 10.13 High Sierra during Monday’s opening WWDC keynote, but, like most years, the company’s executive team simply didn’t have time to cover all of the new features and refinements in the platform.

We are well and truly in the middle of that time period where developers interrogate Apple’s engineers in San Jose about everything new in Xcode and the iOS SDK. However, those type of things don’t really appeal to end consumers who will be interacting with Apple’s Mac hardware and underlying macOS High Sierra software. They care about features, improvements, and changes which will ultimately improve their experience.

Apple may not have deemed a lot of the new refinements in macOS High Sierra as noteworthy during the keynote presentation, but we think every single aspect of that platform is important.

What Apple deems to be a rockstar improvement may not have any impact whatsoever on most users. Those users may care about the smaller, understated improvements, and we care about those too. Which is why you can find a list below of all of the improvements to be found within macOS High Sierra which weren’t discussed on Monday.

Compressed Mail storage

Live Photo loops

Mail search Top Hits

Spotlight flight status

Live Photo editing

Photos Selective Color tool

Photos selection counter

Content caching

Mail full-screen Split View

Notes search suggestions

Photos persistent sidebar

New Siri voice

Safari per-website settings

Messages in iCloud

Photos animated GIF support

SF Arabic system font

Safari Intelligent Tracking Prevention

iCloud family storage plans

Notes with tables

Quick family setup

Photos external editor

Safari always-on Reader

iCloud file sharing

Pinned Notes

Siri Personal DJ

Photos project extensions

Bilingual English/Japanese inputs

Spotlight multiple Wikipedia answers

Safari autoplay blocking

New Photos Memories types

Photos Curves tool

FaceTime Live Photo capture

Photos filter any container

Hindi system language

Improved Japanese video captioning

Improved Family sharing

Photos Import history

So, as you can see, macOS High Sierra is as much about the features and improvements that weren’t discussed as it is the features that were deemed noteworthy for WWDC. There’s a lot to enjoy here for sure.